9. Deadhorse Trail. Stay on your hooves and watch out for the ghosts of horses who’ve fallen in the Black Canyon.

Photo credit to gjhikes.com

8. Devil’s Overlook. Last time I was there, I overheard a couple of German tourists yammering away in Deutsch, and then switch to English to say, “Scheisse, man! That is really steep.” Fear knows no language.

According to my infallible source, Wikipedia, the Utes avoided the Black Canyon out of superstition and called it “much rocks, big water.”

6. Needle Rock. This one made the list because it’s deceptively easy to get scraped up on this trail. After hiking this trail, our friend Mary reminded me of the #1 rule of adventuring: “Scars or it didn’t happen.”

Needle Rock is a lacolith (ask geologist and board member Dr. Noe what that means!)

5. Devil’s Thumb. Of all of the Devil’s body parts, the thumb is definitely the spookiest.

Time travel back to August and visit Devil’s Thumb with Dr. Noe!

4. Ridge of Doom. Our local mountain biker friends don’t want Jumbo to get too crowded, so they give the trails ominous names like this.

Photo credit to Ross Deardorff’s GoPro.

3. Desolation Ridge. Seriously, how is Jumbo becoming such a popular bike destination with names like this?!

Photo credit to Ross Deardorff’s GoPro #2.

2. Terror Trail. This time of year, the biggest terror is trying to navigate through the cows on your way to the trailhead. Daisy the Cow don’t give no cow patties that you have 4WD. Moo.

Here’s a picture of a bovine who’s grumpy for a different reason.

1. Oh-Be-Joyful Pass. More like Oh-Be-Suspicious. Why was this given such a pleasant name? What are they trying to hide? Who is this joyful? I smell a conspiracy.